Dogs and cats throughout Archuleta County are not getting the medical care they need and are not getting the food they should have.

Recent legislative changes have eliminated the state sales and use tax exemption for certain items.

The community is invited to attend the ninth annual luncheon of the Archuleta County Education Center (ACEC), which will be held on Tuesday, April 13, starting at 11:45 a.m. at Centerpoint Church on U.S. 160.

At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night, the Upper San Juan Health Service District Board of Directors approved an “amended and restated” Pagosa Mountain Hospital management contract with Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. The document, effective immediately, replaces a previous agreement adopted in July 2008.

$10,000, no-match grant received by the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District will allow PAWSD to complete a planned energy-efficiency audit of its Vista Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF).

Pagosa Springs Elementary School will hold a 7 Habits Family night, tonight, Feb. 18, at the school.

Following is the Pagosa Springs Intermediate School Honor Roll for the first semester.

The following seventh-grade students made Honor Roll with a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the secondquarter of the 2009-2010 school year: Kaycee Bennett, Trevor Close, Luke DeVooght, Jacqueline Garcia and Taylor Webster.

Presiding over a packed room, the board of directors for Archuleta School District 50 Joint heard comments and ideas from teachers and parents regarding how the district might address a $1.35 million budget shortfall in 2010-2011.

Today’s rapidly changing, technology-based economy requires strong, transferable skills for anyone wanting not only to enter the workforce, but to also remain in the workforce. Jobs are difficult to keep, if you are lucky enough to have one in the first place, and even more difficult to acquire if you are in the interview process. The number of job seekers competing for every job opening is at the highest since the recession began. In October 2009, the Labor Department reported a national average of 6.3 unemployed workers for every job opening.

At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District Board of Directors (PAWSD) adopted a revised “Schedule of Fees and Charges,” effective immediately.

Over the years, J.R. Ford has quietly worked to develop a private commercial venture in Archuleta County that — upon fulfillment — will profoundly benefit the local community and environment. Now, with real progress apparently at hand, his incredibly “green” concept is about to become reality.

There will be a meeting of the Archuleta County Farm Bureau at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, at the Extension Building at the fairgrounds.

The Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District has switched online bill payment service providers.

Faced with a $1.35 million budget shortfall for the 2010-2011 school year, officials of Archuleta School District 50 Joint will propose what some may consider drastic cost-cutting measures at next Tuesday’s school board meeting.

Following is the Pagosa Springs High School Honor Roll for the first semester.